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Guilford County growth

2,876 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Guilford County

Housing units the county's permit offices authorized, by year, from the Census Bureau.

New housing units permitted in Guilford County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20262,4841,276
Jan–Sep 20252,3411,463
20252,8761,738
20243,8431,440
20232,7811,668
20222,3231,495
20213,2281,865
20202,5661,660
20191,9561,547
  • Sep 2026394
  • Aug 2026558
  • Jul 2026441
  • Jun 2026160
  • May 2026135
  • Apr 2026249
  • Mar 2026239
  • Feb 2026242
  • Jan 2026227
  • Dec 202593
  • Nov 2025147
  • Oct 2025364

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Guilford County

  • Population562,234Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+23,508 (+4.4%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents5.12025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$68,6422020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$1,579

Jobs in Guilford County

  • Jobs in the county292,379Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+21,937 (+8.1%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,2302025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Guilford County

Change in the price of homes sold or refinanced more than once (the FHFA repeat-sales index).

  • Home prices, 1 year+3%2024 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
  • Home prices, 5 years+61%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Alamance CountyDavidson CountyForsyth CountyRandolph CountyRockingham CountyStokes County

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About these numbersSources, dates and how these figures are built

New homes

U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2019-01 to 2026-09; annual files 2019-2025, posted May 14, 2026; the monthly files through Sep 2026, posted Oct 27, 2026. New housing units authorized by building permits, reported plus imputed. A month is the figure in that month's file; a year is the annual file, which adds late and corrected reports, so twelve months need not add up to the year. Public domain.

People

U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025, July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025, posted Mar 26, 2026. Public domain.

Income

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, 2020-2024 (2024 dollars), posted Jan 29, 2026. Median household income; printed at a coefficient of variation of 30% or less. Public domain.

Jobs

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2020-2025 annual averages, posted Aug 21, 2026. All industries, all ownerships, jobs covered by unemployment insurance; place of work. Public domain.

Data edition

Figures as of Oct 27, 2026. Area figures, not any one parcel's.